Monday, August 09, 2004
Back to the future, or forward to the past?
All Black coach Graham Henry was handed the result everybody was predicting. Apparently, he was the only one surprised. It's really quite unfathomable. He is persisting in pursuing a "flatline" strategy that not even his own players believe will work, and which he doesn't have players capable of delivering. One can only presume that after the South Africans deal the death-blow to NZ Tri-Nations hopes next weekend, Mr Henry will suddenly rediscover the virtues of the traditional way of running a backline - the method that used to give our wonderbacks some room to create breathtaking tries, and which they must be aching to return to.
All Black coach Graham Henry was handed the result everybody was predicting. Apparently, he was the only one surprised. It's really quite unfathomable. He is persisting in pursuing a "flatline" strategy that not even his own players believe will work, and which he doesn't have players capable of delivering. One can only presume that after the South Africans deal the death-blow to NZ Tri-Nations hopes next weekend, Mr Henry will suddenly rediscover the virtues of the traditional way of running a backline - the method that used to give our wonderbacks some room to create breathtaking tries, and which they must be aching to return to.
